“Chinese entrepreneurs are now looking at the overseas market much earlier in their life cycle,” long-time investor says. : Gary Rieschel moved to Shanghai in 2005 following a successful venture investment career that included setting up early Softbank funds in China. The venture firm he then co-founded, Qiming Ventures, has thrived in good and bad times in China. Today, Qiming has about the equivalent of about $7 billion of investments in more than 300 portfolio companies, employs more than 100 staff, and regularly lands partners on the Forbes Midas List.